1972 - Cruise to Spain

These are the photos of my squadron's month-long "cruise" to Spain in 1972. (We had so many reservists to do their two-week drills, we had to do them in two waves.) The pictures start out with Kodak Instamatic photos, as that was the only camera Karen and I had at the time. You'll notice the format changes with the black-and-white shots, as I decided I wasn't going to spend a whole month in Spain and only use a crummy little Instamatic camera, so I bought a Minolta SRT-101 single-lens reflex camera and used that the rest of the time. That was the start of it all.

MARCH OF THE TOREROS
The Spanish bullfight is a highly ritualized three-stage performance. This is just the opening act, where the participants parade into the arena to pay honor to the presiding dignitary.